I saw GWAR at Riot Fest last month. Idunno, it was kinda fun for about 2 songs, just to laugh at the absurdity, but it got old fast. I'll admit I'm not their target audience (I don't care for heavy metal in the slightest), but it just seemed an entire show of what teenagers think will "offend the masses".

Car_Ramrod:I saw GWAR at Riot Fest last month. Idunno, it was kinda fun for about 2 songs, just to laugh at the absurdity, but it got old fast. I'll admit I'm not their target audience (I don't care for heavy metal in the slightest), but it just seemed an entire show of what teenagers think will "offend the masses".

Their early albums have an awesome punk sound (I dont know if you like punk) and are great.

Not really a GWAR fan, but that was cool... I would have to say the BEST GWAR experience I ever had was back in the 90's, I went to a bar in Scottsdale that played nothing but heavy metal for music, but at the same time just played random GWAR videos on the TVs, it didn't really matter if the songs matched or not, it just worked out perfectly...

Meh. I haven't had a chance to listen to the cover yet since I'm at work but I've only ever liked one GWAR song I've heard over the years, and their schtick has gotten somewhat stale seeing as how they've been doing it at least since the 90s when I first heard of them, quite possibly longer. It can be cool in small doses but just not my thing.

Gunny Highway:Their early albums have an awesome punk sound (I dont know if you like punk) and are great.

i have been a GWAR fan, since, well, since GWAR became a thing. I wouldn't call anything they ever did "punk". Their early records were more a "we don't really know how to play our instruments" kind of sound that evolved into a sort of metal.

Dingleberry Dickwad:Meh. I haven't had a chance to listen to the cover yet since I'm at work but I've only ever liked one GWAR song I've heard over the years, and their schtick has gotten somewhat stale seeing as how they've been doing it at least since the 90s when I first heard of them, quite possibly longer. It can be cool in small doses but just not my thing.

yeah, it is more of a live thing. the records are kinda an afterthought really, like KISS in the 70's.

frepnog:Gunny Highway: Their early albums have an awesome punk sound (I dont know if you like punk) and are great.

i have been a GWAR fan, since, well, since GWAR became a thing. I wouldn't call anything they ever did "punk". Their early records were more a "we don't really know how to play our instruments" kind of sound that evolved into a sort of metal.

GOR GOR!

Fair enough. The Death Piggy album I heard had a punk sound but maybe it is more of that "we dont really know" thing again.

I saw one of their shows in December of 2008 and it was really weird. The whole thing was a mockup of the 2008 election seasons, with the candidates wrestling each other instead of having a vote. The final battle came down to Hillary Clinton vs. John McCain, and McCain won. Note that I said December above. You know, well after the election. I guess they just didn't want to rewrite it because Obama's head was rigged to pop off like a rockem sockem robot, but McCain's wasn't?

/ Yes, I am the nerd who expects historical accuracy from a GWAR show. What of it?

I think it's a legitimate claim. They've had a resurgence in popularity in recent years as hipsters have taken note of how ironically funny they are. They play Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin almost every year, for christ's sakes. That festival is full of hipsters.

frepnog:Gunny Highway: Their early albums have an awesome punk sound (I dont know if you like punk) and are great.

i have been a GWAR fan, since, well, since GWAR became a thing. I wouldn't call anything they ever did "punk". Their early records were more a "we don't really know how to play our instruments" kind of sound that evolved into a sort of metal.

GOR GOR!

Once you get past the bullshiat posturing and angst, isn't "we don't really know how to play our instruments" kind of what punk really was?

Gunny Highway:frepnog: Gunny Highway: Their early albums have an awesome punk sound (I dont know if you like punk) and are great.

i have been a GWAR fan, since, well, since GWAR became a thing. I wouldn't call anything they ever did "punk". Their early records were more a "we don't really know how to play our instruments" kind of sound that evolved into a sort of metal.

GOR GOR!

Fair enough. The Death Piggy album I heard had a punk sound but maybe it is more of that "we dont really know" thing again.

/I really like that "dont know" sound.

GWAR, Richmond Virginia's greatest culteral export, and gift to the world in the past forty years.

Don't blame us for Dave Mathews, he's more of a Charlotsville thing.

In any case. GWAR's sound is best described as belonging to the DC Hardcore scene. After the initial push of the NY and london punk sound was done but people were still pissed, Punk got meaner and faster.

GWAR's contribution to all that was to theatricly skewer the effigies of a pop/political culture gone mad.

the shows are social commentary.

if you don't get that, then that is why you dont get GWAR.and I'm not saying all that directly to you Gunny, I'm just using your comment as a spring board.

Cerebral Knievel:Gunny Highway: frepnog: Gunny Highway: Their early albums have an awesome punk sound (I dont know if you like punk) and are great.

i have been a GWAR fan, since, well, since GWAR became a thing. I wouldn't call anything they ever did "punk". Their early records were more a "we don't really know how to play our instruments" kind of sound that evolved into a sort of metal.

GOR GOR!

Fair enough. The Death Piggy album I heard had a punk sound but maybe it is more of that "we dont really know" thing again.

/I really like that "dont know" sound.

GWAR, Richmond Virginia's greatest culteral export, and gift to the world in the past forty years.

October '93, GWAR @ Bogart's in Cincy. Worst pit of my life! Awesome show, but bad pit to be a fat guy. All the little skater punks kept trying to use my fat ass as a launching pad for their crowd surfing. It was full-on in terms of the stage elements. Gor-Gor, Crapapult, etc. I caught a bag of shiat (well, mud) and slung it immediately back onstage, hitting a guitar square in the pickups!

/Flipper opened, got there late, missed it :(//Also, I interviewed Brockie a while back. Nice guy!

I saw the X-COPS open for GWAR once. I don't know how those two bands can stand each other.

I've seen Gwar many, many times,including the very last show at the original 9:30 Club in DC with the Meatmen. Too damn good. They used to just be fun, but at some point over the years they actually got good at playing music too.